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We are thinking of our neighbors in SWVA and are grateful for the first responders and organizations that are providing assistance. Virginia's Blue Ridge region (Cities of Roanoke & Salem and Counties of Botetourt, Franklin, & Roanoke) was fortunate to sustain minimal damage from the storm and our local businesses are open and ready to welcome visitors. Learn More
Betsy Ashton is a semiretired consultant with decades of marketing, public relations, and information technology experience. Born in Washington, DC, raised in Southern California, she finally settled in Virginia. She writes www.madmaxisms.blogspot.com, a blog of miscellaneous musings, and a bimonthly column for a local weekly newspaper. She serves as a volunteer public relations director for two local non-for-profits. She has written several novels and is actively seeking an agent.
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Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge is committed to cultivating an atmosphere that welcomes and celebrates the unique backgrounds, abilities, passions, and perspectives of our vibrant community. As our region’s only destination marketing organization, we have a responsibility to showcase the best the Roanoke Region has to offer, and those assets and strengths come in varied forms. We embrace differences in race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, language, visible and invisible disabilities, and all the intersecting identities that make Virginians and visitors alike so unique. We believe our differences make us stronger– and better.